Template:Did you know nominations/Xia Da

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 00:24, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

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Xia Da

 * ... that manhua artist Xia Da briefly worked in advertising before quitting to focus on her artwork? Source: http://culture.ifeng.com/gundong/detail_2011_02/14/4652868_0.shtml
 * ALT1: ... that the editor of Saint Seiya reviewed the works of manhua artist Xia Da before her first publication in Japan? Source: http://cul.sohu.com/20090925/n267001201.shtml

Created by Kamakou (talk). Self-nominated at 02:43, 10 June 2019 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svg New enough, long enough, within policy, QPQ not needed as the nominator's first DYK, picture is free to use if desired. Hooks are formatted properly, but neither strike me as particularly interesting. I suggest crafting one around her first comic coming out before she graduated university. Argento Surfer (talk) 14:00, 27 June 2019 (UTC)
 * What about her being a Chinese manhua artist but being published in a manga magazine in Japan? That sounds pretty interesting if you ask me. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 00:52, 22 July 2019 (UTC)


 * What about these? -- Thats Just Great (talk) 16:27, 28 July 2019 (UTC)
 * ALT2 ... that comic book artist Xia Da's April Story was published in 2003 before she had even graduated college?
 * Source: "In 2003, not graduated from college yet, and going be the penname April, she brought out her initial comic book, Siyue de Gushi (April Story)"
 * ALT3 ... that manhua artist Xia Da's April Story was published in 2003 before she had even graduated college?
 * Source: "In 2003, not graduated from college yet, and going be the penname April, she brought out her initial comic book, Siyue de Gushi (April Story)"
 * That sounds good, but the article right now doesn't explicitly mention that the graduation was from college. I'd also like to hear the nominator's thoughts on the new hooks. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 02:09, 29 July 2019 (UTC)
 * What do you think? -- Thats Just Great (talk) 04:30, 29 July 2019 (UTC)
 * ALT4 ... that manhua artist Xia Da's April Story was published in 2003 before she had even graduated?
 * Source: "In 2003, not graduated from college yet, and going be the penname April, she brought out her initial comic book, Siyue de Gushi (April Story)"


 * Do any of these ALTs work -- Thats Just Great (talk) 20:17, 2 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Yes, I think Alt4 is a great option. Thanks for picking this up. Argento Surfer (talk) 18:27, 5 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Symbol question.svg Hi, I came by to promote this. ALT4 looks strange by not mentioning where she graduated from. The article currently says she graduated college, with an inline cite. So ALT3 looks better. But what really is so hooky here? The hookiest aspect here seems to be manhua, which a lot of readers will click on. Could you write a hook that focuses on that, perhaps even piping the link to the target article to grab readers' attention? Yoninah (talk) 00:25, 6 August 2019 (UTC)
 * You mean like this? -- Thats Just Great (talk) 02:55, 6 August 2019 (UTC)
 * ALT5 ... that manhua artist Xia Da's April Story was published in 2003 before she had even graduated?
 * ALT6 ... that manhua artist Xia Da's April Story was published the same year she turned 22?
 * No. The hook facts are simply not hooky, especially if you don't know what manhua is and how old the artists usually are. You have a very hooky fact in the lead:
 * ALT7: ... that Chinese manhua artist Xia Da (pictured) has sold five million copies of her work? Yoninah (talk) 13:07, 9 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Adding freely-licensed image. Yoninah (talk) 13:10, 9 August 2019 (UTC)
 * I don't see why the hook fact isn't hooky: personally I think being published before graduating from college is pretty interesting (it would have been even more interesting if it was before high school graduation instead, but oh well), and manhua is linked anyway and the main descriptor is "artist" and not "manhua", so the hook still makes sense even if you don't know what manhua is. I don't know about you but I kinda think her being published before graduating might generate more clicks (or at least interest) than simple numbers. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 15:33, 9 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg OK. Restoring tick for ALT3 per Argento Surfer's review. Yoninah (talk) 00:22, 14 August 2019 (UTC) |}}